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A correctional officer is recovering from injuries sustained during an attack by an inmate at North Kern State Prison . On December 5, 2016, as the correctional officer was monitoring the evening meal release, 33-year-old inmate Frankie Germany approached the officer with his fists raised in a fighting position.

In a lawsuit against California's North Kern State Prison, an inmate claims a prison doctor gave him toenail medication as eyedrops, nearly blinding him, and guards said he would be "locked in a cage" if he kept complaining about the pain. In his Aug. 25 lawsuit in Kern County Court, James Fernandez claims the prison doctor prescribed clotomozole for him on Aug. 8, 2015, for inflammation in his eyes.

Kelly Santoro, 49, of Bakersfield, has been appointed warden at North Kern State Prison, where she has been acting warden since 2015 and served as an associate warden from 2009 to 2010 and as a correctional counselor from 1997 to 2001. Santoro was chief deputy warden at Wasco State Prison from 2012 to 2015.

Welcome to Solitary Cellars, where wine connoisseurs can get a unique experience at the North Block tasting room in Madera, which pushes the prison theme with a cell, prison memorabilia and stories from owners Greg Bergersen and Rick Quesada. the duo have 45 years of prison guard experience.